SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A TRANSMITTING UNIT, AND WATERCRAFT COMPRISING A SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A TRANSMITTING UNIT

• Main Authors: Burns, Simon, Kittmann, Klaus
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 18.05.2022
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING

The invention relates to a system (10) for calibrating a transmitting unit (1). The system comprises an arrangement (20) of at least four transmitting units (1, 2, 3, 4), wherein a first transmitting unit (1) of the at least four transmitting units (1, 2, 3, 4) has stored position data (31) with respect to a setpoint position (1a) of the first transmitting unit (1). The first transmitting unit (1) is designed to emit a first transmission signal (11) to each of the three remaining transmitting units (2, 3, 4). Each of the three remaining transmitting units (2, 3, 4) is designed to receive the first transmission signal (11) and, after receiving the first transmission signal (11), to return a first response signal (12) to the first transmitting unit (1). The first transmitting unit (1) is designed to determine relative position data (41) of the first transmitting unit (1) with respect to the three remaining transmitting units (2, 3, 4) on the basis of the first response signals (12) returned. The first transmitting unit (1) is designed to detect a deviation (d) between the stored position data (31) and the relative position data (41) determined and to carry out a calibration of a transmission parameter of the first transmitting unit (1) on the basis of the detected deviation (d). The invention furthermore relates to a watercraft (100) comprising a system (10) for calibrating a transmitting unit (1), and to a method for calibrating a transmitting unit (1).